Picture this, about 2 minutes remaining in the third quarter of a Super Bowl, and the team that is winning is not just winning but blowing out the team they’re facing by 25 points. Would you think for one second that this games wasn’t over and that the team that was trailing by 25 points with a future hall of fame head coach, quarterback and a potential 2nd dynasty in the making would blatantly disprove conventional wisdom and actually win the game? Of course you wouldn’t, but even though it looked to be too much to overcome, even for a powerhouse as dominant as this team, they disproved the theory that when you only have a quarter and one minute left in the biggest game on the NFL calendar each year, that you in fact, can come back and win your 5th Super Bowl title in 15 years and shock not just the other team’s fans, coaches, and players, but just about everyone who turned there TV’s off after the score went to 28-3. This, would be Super Bowl LI, and the team that overcame a 25 point deficit with nearly just a quarter remaining was Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. They defeated the Atlanta Falcons and completed the largest and what many consider the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history.
Many believe that this comeback win by New England was not only improbable but next to near impossible. When the Atlanta Falcons went up by a s core of 28-3 with about 8:30 left in the third quarter, and held onto that lead for another 6 1/2 minutes, the Falcons were given a 99.9 percent chance to win the game. However, the team on the other sideline had Tom Brady, who at this time was considered by many as the greatest quarterback of all time, with some still giving the edge to hall of fame legend, Joe Montana. At this time, Brady had only one 4 Superbowl and this game was considered the one to solidify his legacy as the undisputed greatest to ever play the quarterback position in the NFL. While the percentage for the Falcons to win stood at 99.9 percent with 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter, the 0.01 percentage to win given to the Patriots was merely a statistic. Tom Brady has something over every single single quarterback in the NFL, and that is the overpowering drive and will to win no matter what the circumstances are. There is something deep within him as a person that drives not only him, but inspires the rest or the team to go all in and come together as the best collection of team players at any given time. That’s what gave him and the rest of his team the drive to score 25 unanswered points with essentially just a quarter of play left to force overtime. In overtime, the Patriots got the ball, and drove 75 yards down the field and capped off the drive with a game winning rushing touchdown by running back James White. This, drive secured a win, an improbable comeback, and a conventional wisdom deifying display all led by the greatest quarterback of all time, Tom Brady.
The G.O.A.T. 